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Grandmother hopes RCMP find missing infant granddaughter’s body
In January, RCMP delivered heart-wrenching news: Andrea Egotik's daughter had been killed and her granddaughter was missing. Months later, the baby still hasn't been found.
#Crime #AylaEgotikLearn #BabyBraylee #ChristopherBeasley
https://globalnews.ca/news/11740202/grandmother-rcmp-missing-granddaughter/

Global News 1d ago

Grandmother hopes RCMP find missing infant granddaughter’s body
In January, RCMP delivered heart-wrenching news: Andrea Egotik's daughter had been killed and her granddaughter was missing. Months later, the baby still hasn't been found.
#Crime #AylaEgotikLearn #BabyBraylee #ChristopherBeasley
https://globalnews.ca/news/11740202/grandmother-rcmp-missing-granddaughter/

CBC Edmonton Mar 14

Province reports baby died of influenza in Alberta
An Alberta infant has died of the flu, the first death of someone under under the age of 20 so far this flu season.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/infant-influenza-alberta-9.7129043?cmp=rss

CBC Calgary Mar 14

Province reports baby died of influenza in Alberta
An Alberta infant has died of the flu, the first death of someone under under the age of 20 so far this flu season.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/infant-influenza-alberta-9.7129043?cmp=rss

Richard Michael Blaber Mar 14

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/14/fetuses-pfas-forever-chemicals. "Fetuses are widely exposed to #PFAS via umbilical cord blood. A review of 40 studies found researchers had collectively detected PFAS in each of 30,000 umbilical cord blood samples they checked. Elevated PFAS levels in mothers is associated with higher #infant #mortality, as well as low birth weight & obesity later in life. Studies have also linked fetal exposure to #cancer, neurological problems & cardiovascular disease later in life."

Fetuses likely have more ‘forever chemicals’ in blood than thought – report

US test of 120 umbilical blood cord samples identified 42 Pfas compounds, which do not naturally break down

The Guardian

CBC Ottawa Mar 13

Authorities warned months before infant's death, father testifies
The joint trial of an Ottawa man and woman accused of killing a seven-week-old boy continued this week with the infant's biological father testifying that he'd expressed his concerns about the mother to authorities months before his son's death in October 2021.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/jury-tiral-buth-accused-murder-infant-9.7127836?cmp=rss

Giuseppe Michieli Mar 13

#International #food safety event: #Infant #formula and products containing arachidonic acid oil contaminated with #cereulide #toxin - Multi-country (#WHO, March 13 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/international-food-safety-event-infant.html

#International #food safety event: #Infant #formula and products containing arachidonic acid oil contaminated with #cereulide #toxin - Multi-country (#WHO, March 13 '26)

Mark Mar 12

#Polio fears resurgence as #US #vaccine adviser questions need for #childhood shots

Preventable #infectious #diseases surging & US vaccines adviser says all vaccine may be reconsidered. Experts bracing for more polio cases. Survivors say #health system not ready for polio

We don’t have #healthcare infrastructure deal with a polio outbreak said Grace Rossow, an operating-room coordinator, who has long-term health issues due to polio as an #infant

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/polio-vaccines-us

#Science #VaccinesWork

Fears of polio resurgence as US vaccine adviser questions need for childhood shots

Survivors say US healthcare system not ready for new cases – ‘the only thing to fix polio is the polio vaccine’

The Guardian

CBC Windsor Mar 10

Infant dies after three-vehicle crash near Leamington
OPP are investigating after a 15-month-old boy died following a three-vehicle crash near Kingsville and Leamington, Ont.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-infant-vehicle-crash-9.7122723?cmp=rss

CBC Manitoba Mar 4

Manitoba father convicted of manslaughter in infant daughter's death gets 9 years in prison
A father convicted of manslaughter in his infant daughter’s 2016 death has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Court of King's Bench Justice Scott Abel found Keifer Mecas, now 35, guilty of manslaughter in June after a judge-only trial. Haelin Taylor went into medical distress and was rushed to hospital on ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/keifer-mecas-sentence-nine-years-9.7114580?cmp=rss